Supreme Court of Louisiana February 15, 1866 (Mansell v. Payne)

Howell, J.

On the 21st June, 1856, plaintiff, then at Vera Cruz, Mexico, addressed a letter to defendant, in this city, authorizing him to *125procure twenty-five shares, of $100 each, of the stock of the Southern Steamship Company, paying $2,000 cash, and furnishing a note in plaintiff’s name, at six months, for the balance, $500.